Minute Particulars & Hidden Symmetries: <br/>Chris Quigg Symposium

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Fermilab

Description

On the occasion of Chris Quigg's sixty-fifth birthday, the Fermilab Theory Group will host a symposium on Minute Particulars & Hidden Symmetries, on Monday and Tuesday, December 14 - 15, 2009. The scientific program features a broad range of topics reflecting Chris's varied interests in particle physics and a wider sphere. Speakers will include

Robert Cahn (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Alex Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Arnaud Devred (ITER, Cadarache)
Sam Dyson (Chicago Public Schools)
Pierre Fayet (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Richard Field (University of Florida)
Fabiola Gianotti (CERN / ATLAS)
Paul Grannis (Stony Brook)
Deborah Harris (Fermilab)
John David Jackson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Vera Lüth (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Kate Metropolis (Goleta, California)
Mary Hall Reno (University of Iowa)
Jonathan Rosner (University of Chicago)
Elizabeth Simmons (Michigan State University)
Sławek Tkaczyk (Fermilab / CMS)
Scott Willenbrock (University of Illinois)

Support
  • Monday, 14 December
    • 08:00 09:00
      Registration Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

      poster
    • 09:00 09:15
      Opening Session One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 09:00
        Welcome 15m
        Speakers: Piermaria Oddone (Fermilab), Young-Kee Kim (Fermilab / University of Chicago)
    • 09:15 10:30
      Session 1 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 09:15
        ATLAS through "First Light" 35m
        Speaker: Fabiola Gianotti (CERN / ATLAS)
        Slides
      • 09:55
        CMS Growing Up 35m
        Speaker: Sławek Tkaczyk (Fermilab / CMS)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 11:00 13:00
      Session 2 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 11:00
        Archimedes, Higgs, and Falling Honey 35m
        Speaker: John David Jackson (University of California, Berkeley / LBNL)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        A Playful Approach to Physics (The Serious Business of Educational Outreach) 35m
        Speaker: Elizabeth Simmons (Michigan State University)
        Slides
      • 12:20
        Echoes in Accelerators 35m
        Speaker: Alexander W. Chao (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:00
      Lunch 1h Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 14:00 15:15
      Session 3 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 14:00
        Exploring Electroweak Symmetry Breaking 35m
        Speaker: Sally Dawson (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Supersymmetry, Dark Matter, and New Particles 35m
        Speaker: Pierre Fayet (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
        Slides
    • 15:15 15:45
      Break 30m Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 15:45 17:00
      Session 4 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 15:45
        The Tevatron Legacy 35m
        Speaker: Paul Grannis (Stony Brook University)
        Slides
      • 16:25
        Scientists and the Public: A Question of Communication 35m
        Speaker: Kate Metropolis (Santa Barbara)
        Slides
    • 17:30 19:00
      Reception Fermilab Gallery

      Fermilab Gallery

      Fermilab

      All participants invited!

  • Tuesday, 15 December
    • 09:00 10:15
      Session 5 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 09:00
        Physics from the Top 35m
        Speaker: Scott Willenbrock (University of Illinois)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Hard and Important: The Challenges of Teaching Physics and What We Should Do to Improve It 35m
        Speaker: Samuel Dyson (Chicago Public Schools)
        Slides
    • 10:15 10:45
      Break 30m Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 10:45 12:40
      Session 6 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 10:45
        Ultrahigh-Energy Neutrinos 35m
        Speaker: Mary Hall Reno (University of Iowa)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Predicting “Min-Bias” and the “Underlying Event” at the LHC 35m
        Speaker: Richard Field (University of Florida)
        Slides
      • 12:05
        The Art of Superconducting Magnets 35m
        Speaker: Arnaud Devred (ITER)
        Slides
    • 12:45 14:00
      Lunch 1h 15m Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 14:00 15:15
      Session 7 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 14:00
        Minutiæ over Short and Long Distances:  Neutrino Physics Today and Tomorrow 35m
        Speaker: Deborah Harris (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Particles with Beauty and Charm 35m
        Speaker: Jonathan Rosner (University of Chicago)
        Slides
    • 15:15 15:30
      Photo Atrium

      Atrium

      Fermilab

    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab Cafeteria

      Fermilab

    • 16:00 17:30
      Session 8 One West

      One West

      Fermilab

      • 16:00
        100 Years of Beta Decays—Why Do We Continue? 35m
        Speaker: Vera Lüth (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Best of All Possible Worlds 35m
        Speaker: Robert Cahn (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 17:15
        Closing Remarks 15m
    • 17:30 19:00
      Free Time 1h 30m . . .

      . . .

      Fermilab

    • 19:00 21:00
      Banquet Fermilab Gallery

      Fermilab Gallery

      Fermilab

      Tickets required.